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Recommended Resources

From Elise Pechter:

o Webinar Sept 24, 2012, by SF Department of environment was very
good, although not specific to healthcare
Title: Alternatives Analysis of Disinfectants and Sanitizers
Presenter: Chris Geiger, Ph.D., Toxics Reduction Program, San
Francisco Department of the Environment
http://www.wsppn.org/pdf/webinars/2012/WSPPN_Webinar_disinf
ectants_Chris%20Geiger_092412.pdf
From Margaret Quinn:
o Document from the Health Care Research Collaborative, the document:
Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities
http://www.sustainableproduction.org/downloads/CleaninginHealthcareFacilities.pdf

From Susan Wilburn:

o Here is the link to the Vienna data base on disinfectants and attached
is a description of the work in English
http://www.wien.gv.at/english/environment/protection/oekokauf/disinfe
ctants/
From Kathy Fagan:
o Documents on fumigation in healthcare
American Industrial Hygiene Association Position Statement
Chemical Fumigation in Healthcare Settings
http://www.aiha.org/news-pubs/govtaffairs/Documents/PStment-Fumigation-12-14-09.pdf

The Risks and Benefits of Chemical Fumigation in the Health

Care Environment, by George Byrns and Thomas P. Fuller
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2011.547453

Websites for OSHA/NIOSH information:

OSHA-NIOSH Infosheet-Protecting Workers Who Use Cleaning
Chemicals: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3512.pdf
Poster in English- Protect Yourself-Cleaning Chemicals and Your
Health: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3511CleanChemPoster.pdf

Poster in Spanish: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3511CleanChemspanish.pdf

Poster in Chinese: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3511CleanChemicalChinese.pdf
Poster in Tagalog: http://www.osha.gov/Publications/3511CleanChemTagalog.pdf
From Barbara Braun

Infection Control Today [mailto:ICT@virgonewsletters.com]

Website with ICT educational links: http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/